JJ Redick underachiever?

JJ Redick is one of the best three point/free throw shooters in NCAA history. He holds many NCAA records. He reminds me off a younger Ray Allen. But why is he not playing in the NBA? Are the Magic nuts?!?!?

Update: Who is he not that good? his free throw percentage in collage was like 97 percent. I think he needs to be traded. His talent is being wasted.

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Best Answer: He is the definition of a good college player that doesn't translate to a good NBA player.
Shorter 3 pt. line in college, and years at Duke playing against guys who will never make a single dollar playing basketball.
JJ can catch and shoot but to compare him to Ray Allen is crazy. Ray has the total package in shooting and penetrating. JJ does not.
He is undersized and not athletic.
I have nothing against him personally but everyone should have seen this coming, did anyone actually think that he could guard NBA 2 guards?
Kobe, Tmac, Dwade, not going to happen.
Having him on the floor is more of a liability because of his limitations than the chance he can knock down a shot over a defender that is 4 to 6 inches taller than anyone who guarded him in college.
The Langdon comparison earlier was great, but 6 foot plus college spot up shooters do not translate into NBA players, I even think the Kerr comparison is off because Kerr could run a point if he had to, JJ couldn't.

he needs more time to prove he can hang in the league. hope he's practicing hard in the meanwhile. so what that gotta do with anything. like dude below said Trajan ain't do s*** in the league and he used to shoot the lights out as well. i see him as a Kerr, Paxson or Tim Legler b4 the injury type. come off screens n pop the shot. he never was no Ray Allen. Ray can create his own shot, pull up off the dribble of go in the lane and bang on u. maybe not now cuz he's older but never saw J.J. do that 1! i hope he's better than Kapono cuz all that dud can do is shoot. can free himself for a shoot either. your not guarded in the 3 point contest! lol

He was a good player in the Dook system. He is not athletic or strong enough to play defense or drive to the basket in the NBA. For every 3 pointer he makes, he gives up 4 lay-ups or gets called for a foul.

Redick's defense is below average - if he can play D in Ray Allen's level (actually Allen is not a spectecular defender), he should get 20 minutes a game, yet he always looks half step slower while chasing his man (not to mention he can't absorb much bumps) and leaves enough room for opponents to have a second of good look and shoot. This is something fatal because points Redick scored are more or less the same to points scored on Redick by opponents.

Redick's offense is less impressed, too. A notable problem is his hesitation to shoot (even at open look). My courtside obversation tells that his teammates trust his shooting but he simply loses his confidence to make shots.

I think Redick should stay firm to get transfer or he will follow Trajan Langdon's footstep.

The reason why he is not that good is because he would give up more than he would score. Unless a team is going to make him the star and revovle the offense around screens for him, which no team is gona do that, he will never be any good in the nba. ray allen is a much better all around athlete redick just shoots.